Hand implement for corking bottles



B. P. ROBERTS.

HAND IMPLEMENT FOR GORKING BOTTLES.

No. 337,437. Patented Mar. 9, 1886.

INVENTUH WITNEIEEEE Ji gx m NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN P. ROBERTS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAND IMPLEMENT FOR CORKING BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,437,11ated March 9, 1886.

Application filed July 24, 1885. Serial No. 172,584. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN P. ROBERTS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Hand Implement for Corking Bottles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved bottle-corking implement, showing the same on the hand in a position ready for use. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the implement removed from the hand.

In the ordinary operation of corking bottles by hand a mallet is employed to drive the' cork when wet, and several light blows are usually required on account of the liability of breaking the neck of the bottle if the attempt should be made to save time by driving the cork with a single powerful blow. The number of blows thus rendered necessary together with the frequent picking up and laying down of the mallet involves a considerable loss of time, to avoid which and to facilitate the operation of corking a bottle is the object of my invention, which consists in a loop, strap, or holder adapted to be passed over the hand, and provided with a driving block or pad, which is thus always in a position ready for use and does not interfere with the movements of the fingers, a single blow of the hand armed with the said driving-block being sufficient to drive the cork completely in, while the implementis always attached to the hand and does not require to be picked up and laid down each time a cork is driven.

In the said drawings, A represents a loop or holder, formed of leather or other suitable strong material, which is of a shape and size to snugly fit over the hand, as shown in Fig. 1, an aperture, 1), being formed in one side to admit the thumb. The rear portion which fits over the back of the hand may be made open with two straps,c c,provided with buckles d d, or these two straps may be united into one, as preferred, or the holder may, if desired, be made in the form of a mitten or glove with the top or fingers cut off, either construction permitting of the free use of the fingers of the hand.

To the front portion, e, of the holder, which fits over the palm of the hand, is secured by elasticity of the material of which the drivingblock is composed, thus rendering the continued use of the implement possible without injury to the hand.

Instead of the block B being composed entirely of rubber it may be made of wood or other hard substance and faced with rubber or other elastic material.

By thus having the cork-driving implement constantly attached to the hand in a position for immediate use much time and labor are saved, as the implement does not require to be picked up and laid down, while the cork can be easily driven by a single blow, as the elasticity of the block prevents the possibility of the neck of the bottle being broken by the force of any blow which can be given with the hand.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

' 1 The herein-described hand implement for driving corks into bottles, the same consisting of a loop, strap, or holder adapted to fit over the hand, and provided with a corkdriving block or pad attached thereto, sub-' stantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a loop, strap, or holder, A, adapted to fit over the hand, of the elastic cork-driving block or pad B, secured to that portion of the loop, strap, or holder which lies over the palm of the hand, substantially as and. for the purpose described.

3. The combination, with the loop, strap, or holder A, adapted to fit over the hand and having an aperture, 1), for the passage of the thumb,- of the elastic cork-driving block or pad B, secured to that portion of the loop, strap, or holder which lies over the palm of the hand, all constructed to operate substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

Witness my hand this 21st day of July, A.

BENJAMIN P. ROBERTS. In presence of- P. E. TESOHEMAOHER, W. J. CAMBRIDGE. 

